Category: Business & Economy

Unicomer, operator of the Courts furniture network, will open a second store in Portmore in St Catherine next month, while laying claim to nearly half of the Jamaican market amid continuing expansion. It…

At first blush, the numbers provided by the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority appear to suggest a dramatic change in the SEZ landscape, based on the implied eighteenfold growth in revenue flows from…

JAMAICA is set to draw down US$255 million in loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) with the money to be steered towards refinancing high interest…

Following a record year where revenue jumped 25 per cent to $48.71 billion across its manufacturing and distribution segments, Wisynco Group Limited is moving expeditiously to complete its $5-billion expansion to satisfy demand…

Now at 66 per cent presold levels, FirstRock Real Estate Investments Ltd is eyeing a new year-end timeline to complete the construction and sale of its high-end Hambani residential development in Liguanea, Kingston….

The United States economy expanded at a 2.1 per cent annual pace from April through June, showing continued resilience in the face of higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses, the government said…

TRANSPORT operators say they are ready to embrace the Bank of Jamaica’s (BOJ) central bank digital currency Jam-Dex, and could do so in time for the new year if things fall in place…

SPUR Tree Spices has reached an agreement with Atlanta-based BAK Foods to broaden the distribution of its products in the US, a deal which is estimated will boost the food company’s revenues “by…

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining opened a call for importers of chicken parts, specifically backs and necks, in August, amid a decline in the value of supplies procured from overseas. Trade…

Restaurant operators Samantha and Krystal will test the appetite for sky dining in Jamaica following approvals from the National Environment and Planning Agency, NEPA, for an eatery that offers a ‘dinner in the…